常用的商务英语短语动词学习 ( 一）

时间：2019-11-16 13:40:13  来源：平和英语村  作者：Myron

       日常的英语学习中我们会发现有很多短语动词，他们有时代替了动词的作用。在商务英语的学习也会有大量这样的短语动词，但他们的意思有时会和基础英语的意思有点偏离，这点我们需要注意。今天我们就来学习并且好好掌握这些短语动词在商务英语中的不同意思。

1. Aim for – to make it a goal or target.

   目标-使之成为目标或目标。

例： You need to aim for four more clients this month.

     这个月你需要争取另外四个客户。

2. Ask around – to ask multiple people to find the answer to something.

   四处询问——让多个人找到某件事情的答案。

例：Tim, could you please ask around and find out what causing this problem?

    蒂姆，你能四处问问是什么引起这个问题吗？

3. Back up #1 – To make a copy of something to protect against loss.

   备份1–复制一些东西以防丢失。

例：Please make sure to back up all your work each day on the company’s server.

    请确保每天在公司服务器上备份所有工作。

4. Back up #2 – To talk about an earlier point in a conversation.

   倒退2–谈论谈话的前一点。

例：Let’s back up for a minute. You said earlier that the customer couldn’t log in?

    让我们往前一分钟。你刚才说客户不能登录？

5. Bail out – to save from, or pull out of, failure/loss. (most often using money).

    纾困——从失败/损失中拯救或撤出。（最常用的是用钱）。

例：In 2008-2009, the US government had to bail out many banks.  

    2008-2009年，美国政府不得不救助许多银行。

6. Bail out of – to leave quickly when unfinished. (see also: pull out)

   跳出-未完成时快速离开。（另请参见：拉出）

例：We had to bail out of the Sydney deal. We didn’t have the manpower to complete it.

    我们不得不从悉尼交易中脱身。我们没有人力来完成。

7. Bank on – to count on something or base plans on expecting it to happen.

   指望——指望某事或计划能发生。 

例：The design team at Toyota were banking on the new Escobar line to be a success.

    丰田的设计团队指望新的Escobar系列能取得成功。

8. Be snowed under – to have a lot or too much work to do.

   被大雪覆盖-有很多或太多的工作要做。

例：I am snowed under this week. Can we do it next week?

    这星期我下雪了。我们下周能做吗？

9. Booked out – when all tickets or spaces are already reserved or taken.

   已预订-当所有车票或车位都已预订或占用时。

例： Our business event is nearly booked out because of ticket pre-orders.

     由于预购机票，我们的商务活动几乎被预订一空。

10. Branch out – to start something new that is similar and in addition to what you have been doing.

    开拓领域-开始一些新的东西，是相似的，除了你一直在做的。

例：The electric car company, Tesla, is branching out into the motorcycle industry.

    电动汽车公司特斯拉正在向摩托车行业发展。

11. Break down – to make something into smaller parts.

    分解-把某物分成更小的部分。

例： We need to break down our sales process to see where we can improve it.

    我们需要打破我们的销售流程，看看我们能在哪里改进它。

12. Break into – to enter a new market (with effort).

    打入一个新的市场。

例：It’s tough to break into the beauty industry right now.

    现在很难打入美容行业。

13. Bring forward – to move a deadline or agreed time closer to now.

    提前-将最后期限或约定的时间移到现在。

例：Do you mind if we bring our meeting forward to 3 o’clock?

    你介意我们把会议提前到3点吗？

14. Bring off – to successfully achieve something that is difficult to do.

    成功地完成一些很难做到的事情。

例：Tony promised two times more sales this March. Think he can bring it off?

    托尼答应今年三月再增加两倍的销售量。你觉得他能成功吗？

15. Bring up – to begin a discussion on a topic.

    提出-开始一个话题的讨论。

例：I would like to bring up the problems we’re facing in our Asian factories.

    我想提出我们在亚洲工厂面临的问题。

16. Burn out – to become sick or exhausted because of working too much.

    筋疲力尽——由于工作太多而生病或筋疲力尽。

例：Jill looks burned out this year. I think the change of job has been tough for her.

    吉尔今年看起来精疲力尽。我认为换工作对她来说很难。

17. Buy out – to buy a large enough portion of a company to take control of it.

    收购——收购一家公司足够大的一部分来控制它。

例：Many companies buy out their competitors to increase their market share.

    许多公司买下竞争对手以增加他们的市场份额。

18. Call back – to phone someone in reply to their (missed) call.

    回拨-给某人打电话以回复他们（未接）的电话。

例：Sarah, could you tell Tom I’ll call him back later? I’m going to a meeting right now.

    莎拉，你能告诉汤姆我过会儿再打给他吗？我现在要去开会。

19. Call for – to demand or need something.

    要求-要求或需要某物。

例：The shareholders are calling for the CEO’s resignation.

    股东们要求首席执行官辞职。

20. Call off – to cancel.

    取消–取消。

例：Sorry John, I’m going to have to call off our business lunch tomorrow.

    对不起，约翰，我明天要取消我们的商务午餐。